来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景第3集第3集》

Well, number one, we'll talk about

首先我们将讨论
who the historical Matthew is.

历史上的马太是谁
The figure in Matthew, in the Gospel of Matthew,

马太福音里的人物
we don't know much about his actual history.

我们不太了解他的真实历史
He just appears.

他就是一个人物
But when it calls him a "Tax collector,"

叫他"税吏"
it doesn't necessarily mean that he was the one who owned

并不是意味着他拥有
the right for that whole area.

整个区域的征税权
It just means he was--he could've been hired by somebody

这仅仅是说他可能被雇佣
to sit at a roadside and collect taxes and tolls and stuff.

负责坐在路两边征收赋税通行费和物资
So the word "Tax collector"

因此"税吏"
didn't necessarily mean that the person themselves were

并不一定表示这个人很富有